New Bedford, MA — The oldest production printed circuit board company in North America, perhaps in the world, Epec Engineered Technologies is marking its 60th birthday; 60 years ago, the two companies which later merged to form Epec were founding members of the IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries ...

Milpitas, CA — Flex Interconnect Technologies is introducing standard flex cable lines. The high speed cables are standard stock items, but can also be customized to fit specific customer needs. The company is also producing impedance-controlled flex cables using Samtec's high speed connector series ...

Thornwood, NY — The Axio CSM 700 confocal light microscope from Carl Zeiss enables materials scientists to measure large sample areas conveniently with a high level of system flexibility. The microscope offers a motorized scanning stage with a 150 x 150mm travel range that is suitable for materials ...

Northfield, MN — All Flex Flexible Circuits, LLC has expanded its line of flexible heaters for industrial, medical, military, instrumentation, and outdoor electronics markets. The company has instituted an extended offering of standard, catalog-based heaters constructed of both polyimide (Kapton® by Dupont ...

Minneapolis, MN — Beckhoff Automation has released TwinCAT 3 and eXtended Automation Technology (XAT), dynamic PC-based control software that expands the potential of the standard automation world considerably. In addition to the object-oriented IEC 61131-3 extensions, the programming languages of ...

Sparks, MD — Cleco, a power tool brand from Apex Tool Group, has launched its new 544185PT Isolation Transformer. The product allows legacy 17, 47, and 67 Series power tools to be used with the advanced Cleco mPro400GC Global Controller, so users can get the flexibility, connectivity, and serviceability ...

Syracuse, NY — Eraser's Model DCF 2/3 Magnet & Enamel Wire Stripper will strip round magnet and enamel wires with any type of film insulation including: Formvar, nylon, polythermaleze and varnish. The unit strips 32 to 12 AWG wire and is available in two versions, the AR4301 can strip up to 2 1/2 ...

Wayne, NJ — Fisnar®, Inc.'s latest development, the UNITOP F5200N, is described as an innovative and modular dispensing robot. It is a versatile system that can be used either as a desktop or a gantry system, allowing users to create their own workstations.

Fraser, MI — Fixtureworks® is showcasing its extensive clamping, gripping, locating, positioning, roller, bumper and support products. The display demonstrates the economics and quick availability of standard, off-the-shelf parts and hardware — all from a single-source, which can be used by ...

Hackensack, NJ — New from Hirox-USA is the KH-8700 digital microscope. According to the company, the new instrument is fast, easy to use and very high quality, providing fast operation and processor speeds.

Astoria, NY — A new series of Hardware Mounting Kits for PC/104 and PC104-Plus Bus Drives suitable for limited space design/installation applications is among the latest developments from Keystone Electronics Corp.

Chestnut Ridge, NY — LeCroy Corporation has introduced its LabMaster 10 Zi oscilloscopes with chipsets that provide 36GHz bandwidth and sample rate of 80GS/s. This advanced new chipset reportedly represents technology capability well beyond that offered in other oscilloscopes. When combined with ...

Carson City, NV — Plasma Etch, Inc.'s PE-50 XL bench top plasma cleaner offers all of the features of the PE-50: both units come with an implosion-proof rectangular welded aluminum vacuum chamber, however the PE-50 XL has a larger chamber working area of 8 x 8 x 4-in. (203 x 203 x 101.6mm) for those ...

Cincinnati, OH — QC Industries has added another component to its popular line of Automation Series Conveyors: AS40Z Angled Frame Conveyors. The new conveyors enable elevation changes that aren't possible with a flat conveyor.